Transverse cloth blind

ABSTRACT

A transverse cloth blind includes an upper rail, a plurality of cloth strips, at least one fixing cord, a curtain and a plurality of support rods. The cloth strips are disposed in parallel under the upper rail and respectively formed with two long sides and two short sides. The fixing cords are hung down straight from the upper rail to the rear long sides of the cloth strips and respectively formed with a cord ring under the rear long side of each cloth strip. The curtain is hung down straight from the upper rail and bonded with the front long side of each cloth blade. The support rods parallel to one another are respectively inserted and positioned in the cord rings of the fixing cords for supporting the cloth strip.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

This invention relates to a transverse cloth blind, particularly to one having its front side provided with a single-sheet curtain and its rear side provided with cloth strips connected together by fixing cords and supported by support rods.

2. Description of the Prior Art

A conventional cloth blind includes an upper rail, a plurality of cloth strips, at least two fixing cords and a plurality of support rods combined together. The cloth strips are disposed in parallel under the upper rail and respectively formed with two long sides and two short sides. The fixing cords are respectively hung down straight from the upper rail to the two long sides at the opposite sides of each cloth strip and formed with a cord ring under the long sides of each cloth strip. The support rods are respectively inserted and positioned in the cord ring of the fixing cord for supporting the relative cloth strip.

However, when the conventional cloth blind is collapsed, the cloth strips are likely to cause creases by propping and pressing of the support rods and the fixing cords respectively provided at the front and the rear side of the cloth strips, influencing the external beauty of the cloth strips after they are expanded. In addition, although the support rods and the fixing cords are hidden by the cloth blades, yet they are positioned close to the front side of the cloth blades with sufficient thickness; therefore, the support rods and the fixing cords may be seen indistinctly, failing to present integral beauty of a cloth blind.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The objective of the invention is to offer a transverse cloth blind including an upper rail, a plurality of cloth strips, at least one fixing cord, a curtain and a plurality of support rods. The cloth strips are disposed in parallel under the upper rail and respectively formed with two long sides and two short sides. The fixing cords are hung down straight from the upper rail to the rear long side of each cloth strip and respectively formed with a cord ring under the rear long side of each cloth strip. The curtain is hung down straight from the upper rail and connected with the front long side of each cloth strip. The support rods parallel to one another are respectively inserted and positioned in the cord rings of the fixing cords for supporting the cloth strip. By so designing, the single-sheet curtain bonded with the front long side of each cloth blade is able to elevate esthetic sense of vision of the transverse cloth blind, and the support rods and the fixing cords provided at the rear side of the cloth blind cannot be seen located a little far away from the front curtain, able to keep integral beauty of the transverse cloth blind. In addition, since there are no support rods and fixing cords provided at the front long sides of the cloth blades; therefore, the curtain can be always kept flat after it is rolled up.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

This invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first preferred embodiment of a transverse cloth blind in the present invention:

FIG. 2 is a side view of the first preferred embodiment of the transverse cloth blind in the present invention:

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the first preferred embodiment of the transverse cloth blind in the present invention:

FIG. 4 is a partial side cross-sectional view of the first preferred embodiment of the transverse cloth blind in the present invention:

FIG. 5 is a side view of the first preferred embodiment of the transverse cloth blind to be collapsed in the present invention: and

FIG. 6 is a side view of a second preferred embodiment of a transverse cloth blind in the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

A first preferred embodiment of a transverse cloth blind in the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, includes an upper rail 10, a lower rail 20, a plurality of cloth strips 30, two fixing cords 40, a curtain 50 and a plurality of support rods 60 combined together.

The upper rail 10 is a winding reel positioned at the upper side of the cloth blind.

The lower rail 20 is positioned at the lower side of the cloth blind.

The cloth strips 30, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, are disposed in parallel between the upper rail 10 and the lower rail 20 and respectively formed with two long sides 31 and two short sides 32. The long sides 31 have their opposite ends respectively bored with an insert hole 311 at a proper location and each rear long side 31 has its edge connected with a screen 33 extending downward.

The two fixing cords 40 are respectively hung down straight from the upper rail 10 and inserted through the insert hole 311 of the rear long side of each cloth strip 30 and then fixed on the lower rail 20. Further, the two fixing cords 40 are respectively formed with a cord ring 41 under the rear long side 31 of each cloth strip 30.

The curtain 50 is hung down straight from the upper rail 10 and connected with the front long side 31 of each cloth strip 30 and then fixed on the lower rail 20 for fixing the front long side 31 of each cloth blade 30. The curtain in this preferred embodiment is bonded with the cloth strips 30 by thermal-melted gum.

The support rods 60 parallel to the long sides 31 of the cloth strips 30 are respectively inserted and positioned in each cord ring 41 of the two fixing cords 40 for supporting the cloth strip 30.

To collapse (or wind up) the transverse cloth blind, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the curtain 50 bonded with the front long sides 31 and the fixing cords 40 inserted through the rear long sides 31 are rolled upward to let the curtain 50 actuate the front long sides 31 of the cloth strips 30 to move upward and also let the cord rings 41 of the fixing cords 40 actuate the support rods 60 under the rear long sides 31 to be shifted at first downward and forward obliquely and then moved upward. Synchronously, the cloth strips 30 are gradually and orderly moved upward obliquely to be wound on the upper rail 10.

A second preferred embodiment of a transverse cloth blind in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, has almost the same structure as that described in the first preferred embodiment, except that a curtain 501 is provided at the rear long sides 31 of each cloth strips 30 and hung down straight freely from the upper rail 10 to take the place of the screens 33 respectively extending downward from the rear long side 31 of each cloth blade 30, letting the front and the rear side of the transverse cloth blind respectively provided with a curtain 50 and 501.

To sum up, this invention has the following advantages.

1. The single-sheet curtain 50 connected with the front long side 31 of each cloth blade 30 is able to elevate esthetic sense of vision of the front side of the transverse cloth blind.

2. The support rods 60 and the fixing cords 40 provided at the rear side of the cloth blind and located a little far away from the front curtain 50 of the transverse cloth blind are hidden by the front curtain 50 and impossible to be seen, enabling the transverse cloth blind to present its integral beauty.

3. There are no support rods 60 and fixing cords 30 provided at the front long sides of the cloth blades; therefore, after being rolled up, the curtain 50 can avoid causing creases.

While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention. 

1. A transverse cloth blind comprising: An upper rail A plurality of cloth strips disposed in parallel under said upper rail, each said cloth strip formed with two long sides and two short sides: At least two fixing cords hung down straight from said upper rail, said two fixing cords positioning said rear long side of each said cloth blade, said fixing cord formed with a cord ring respectively under said rear long side of each said cloth blade: A curtain hung down straight from said upper rail, said curtain fixing said front long side of each said cloth strip: and A plurality of support rods respectively parallel to said rear long sides of said cloth blades, said support rods respectively inserted and positioned in said cord rings of said two fixing cords.
 2. The transverse cloth blind as claimed in claim 1, wherein said long side of each said cloth blade is bored with an insert hole at a proper location for said fixing cord to be inserted therethrough.
 3. The transverse cloth blind as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rear long side of each said cloth blade is connected with a screen.
 4. The transverse cloth blind as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cloth strips have said rear long sides disposed with a curtain extending downward from said upper rail to a preset location.
 5. The transverse cloth blind as claimed in claim 1, wherein said curtain is bonded with each said front long side of each said cloth blade. 